A gym is holding a new fitness class to bring back summer as the nights grow darker.

The world’s happiest exercise class could be coming to a string of UK gyms.

Creators have crafted the special class in a bid to banish the winter blues as the clocks go back.

Vitamin Me is the first mood-enhancing class designed to tackle SAD or Seasonal Affective Disorder, suffered by one in five Britons.

The pioneering 25-minute session by David Lloyd Clubs includes 15 minutes of a light therapy lamp to recreate daylight, proven to improve mood.

The class begins by getting comfy on sun loungers and dipping your feet into a pit of sand. Put on headphones to hear waves lapping, while the scent of sun cream wafts through the room to transport you to a sunny beach.

The class ends with a high intensity 10 minute cardio session to release the endorphins which trigger a feelgood sensation in the body and mind.

Vitamin Me comes as research reveals that 41 per cent of people say the clocks going back changes their mood for the worse.

Psychologist Elaine Slater explains: “One in five people in the UK experience SAD or winter blues.

“It affects levels of the hormones melatonin and serotonin in the part of the brain controlling mood, sleep and appetite. Long periods of gloomy skies and longer, darker evenings can trigger low mood, sleep problems, overeating and anxiety.”

Like the Napercise class which David Lloyd Clubs launched earlier this year, which trialled at one location and then came to Solihull, Vitamin Me will be held at David Lloyd Hampton in Twickenham this weekend.

If successful, it could roll out across the UK to other David Lloyd clubs - including Solihull.